Three friends and a truck in Hermosa Beach
Andre Klaser sits behind the wheel of his old Ford F150 for the first time since he sold it 20 years ago to his friend Kenny Brown, who is looking in the passenger window. Photo by Kevin Cody The Ford F150’s eight-foot-long bed made it ideal for delivering Kenny Brown’s cabinets to customers. Photo courtesy of Kenny Brown by Kevin Cody Last month, when pandemic protocols were in full force, Granny’s Deli owner Andre Klaser walked up to an old, red Ford 150, parked at the curb in front of his store to deliver some called-in sandwiches. Andre gave the old truck a hard look. The American Racing wheels were the same wheels decades earlier he had put on his own red Ford 150 because he liked the way they looked on Hap Jacob’s El Camino. Jacob shaped Klaser’s surfboards. Then he looked at the driver, and saw it was his longtime friend Billy Meistrell, whose family owns Dive N’ Surf, where Klaser buys his wetsuits. “Billy, that’s my truck,” Klaser said. “It is your truck,” Meistrell confirmed. “I wish I never sold it. But I’m glad you got it,” Klaser said. “That’s what Kenny said when he sold it to me,” Meistrell responded. “The only person not happy is my wife. Karen wants to know which…
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